Three Supreme Court Justices Return to Yale
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- Meeting in New Haven, #Connecticut, Supreme Court Justices, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Justice Sonia Sotomayor and #Justice Clarence Thomas returned to the #Yale School of #Law for a reunion weekend.
The three Justices participated in a rare three-way discussion - ranging on topics including - #SupremeCourt traditions, the Court’s well publicized resistance to new technology, salsa dancing and many more insightful looks into the lives of the three Justices.
Justice Clarence Thomas, who has not asked a question from the Supreme #Court bench since 2006, unusually expansive here. He goes on to give several insights as to why this may be the case, although we have seen him speak in more recent cases.
Thomas - now in his late 60s - acknowledged being the archetypal “cynical” law student, tending to view issue with a rather negative bent. Thomas blamed his youthful immaturity and the unsettled political climate of the early 1970s.
For many years, Justice Thomas had absolutely no plans on returning to his alma mater. In his 2007 memoir, “My Grandfather’s Son,” Thomas wrote about his complex inner feelings in which at times he felt as if his law degree had been tainted by the move toward affirmative action. He wrote, “I learned the hard way - that a law degree from Yale meant one thing for white graduates and another for blacks, no matter how much anyone denied it.”
Adding, “I peeled a 15-cent price sticker off a package of cigars and stuck it on the frame of my law degree to remind myself of the mistake I’d made by going to #Yale.” At this event - however - things were much warmer. Far from the controversial nomination and conformation process Thomas endured in 1991, in which he was accused of numerous things - in a highly charged partisan environment. “I wish I came here at a time when I could have been more positive,” he added. “There is so much here that I just walked right by.”
Justice Sonia Sotomayor has previously written and discussed the help she received through affirmative action, which she credited with her admittance to the prestigious program. Sotomayor said that she found her time at #Yale to be both completely "inspiring" yet "intimidating", something I think we can all understand.
Frequently drawing large #crowds at her public appearances doesn't shake her from her mission to enjoy all aspects of life, while also constantly pursuing the rigorous discipline required in the educational and contemplative process. Now in her early 60s, she admits to being a "poor dancer" but that does not dissuade her from continuing her enjoyment of salsa. More information about Justice #Sotomayor can be found her popular memoir titled, “My Beloved #World.”
In contrast with the other Justices tepid and cautionary approach, Justice Alito has been a loyal member of the law school alumni going all the way back to 2005. While, in preparation for his confirmation hearings, Alito felt it necessary to set aside some time from preparations to write an apology note to the dean of the law school for his absence during his 30th reunion.
#Six other justices also all attended Harvard Law School, though former popular Justice, Ruth Bader #Ginsburg transferred to and graduated from #Columbia Law School. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has two #Harvard degrees and was once asked whether it is healthy for the Supreme Court to consist of only justices with degrees from elite institutions.
“First of all, I disagree with your premise,” he responded. “Not all of the justices went to elite institutions. Some went to Yale."
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Justice Thomas's laugh is great. Also, what is with the mediator using first names like she's just talking to her friends?
@Vinesh KHEMLANI [13C07S] She isn't. Even if she were, in public you show respect. Prince Philip always calls his wife "The Queen" or "Her Majesty".
Er... I believe it's "Justice Alito," "Justice Sotomayor," and "Justice Thomas," not Sam, Sonia, and Clarence. Great discussion otherwise, though!
Wow, that compliment Justice Sotomayor paid to Justice Thomas was so heart warming, especially given how often they disagree...
There are more 9-0 decisions than 5-4 decisions.
@@LemonadepieX It's true. More often than not the 5-4 decisions are more publicized than the unanimous decisions.
Man bites dog
@@Mr1930s and they are more of policy questions which should be left up to the legislative branch.. people don’t understand that the justices decide unanimously on over 50 percent of the cases that are brought to the court.
This moderator is rude and interrupts them terribly. The justices are measured and focused in their responses and the moderator would do well to learn from them in how she talks. Be patient when you are interviewing great minds.
This is why Harvard is called the Harvard of schooling check out Harvard law school’s 200th anniversary where there were 6 current and former Supreme Court justices it had a very casual atmosphere but they were still referred to formally
Yes, people need to check that out. Loved it, what a great mentorJustice Souter was to me back in 97’.
Listening to Justice Thomas' laugh through this discussion was awesome! Made for a fun conversation!
That moderator though....
The first name calling is so cringy!
I agree. These are incredible people, each in their own right and should be addressed as "Justice Alito or Justice Thomas".
Charles Nash just to be clear.... and Justice Sotomayor, right?
@@charlesnash2748 Not even 30 seconds into the video, the moderator states they decided to go informal. It was their choice.
@@samueltexeira2734 SJW detected.
@@nathanli3024 the irony of a “Li” acting like a tool online typing what you did for asking if titles apply to all three people or just two lol. Internalized self-hatred “I wanna be White even though I never will be” detected 😂😂😂
What's with the first name calling??? I think its very disrespectful..
I could listen to Justice Thomas all day every day.
He has a smooth voice
you must have the same personality. zzzzzz
Reading isn't that popular anymore, but if you're interested, his memoir is a fantastic read. Reading it in his voice makes it even better lol.
@@matthewchunk3689 wdym he seems like a nice guy
Of course your racist ass could.
Having clerked for Justice Souter in 97’, I have to agree that the moderator’s first name basis is very inappropriate. I think these conversations should be required viewing by all, do they can not fall into the media hype of the partisan nature of the court.
I just realized that Computer Engineers are drafters.
The first name thing was awkward and unnecessary. It made me uncomfortable.
VERY rude and unprofessional for that woman to be calling these justices by their first names. She also repeatedly interrupted them. Unbelievable!
the eunuchs are always more offended than the emperors.
totally agree
Er... I believe it's "Justice Alito," "Justice Sotomayor," and "Justice Thomas," not Sam, Sonia, and Clarence. Great discussion otherwise, though!
Maybe Justices (not only these 3 but the SC as a whole) do not deserve respect based on their actions as a group, being SJWs.
In regards to Justice Sotomayor's comment at 13:44 - "..[A]nd I'm involved in an argument and I become sort of oblivious to the world around me, and I'm just trained in on the person who I'm engaged with and I'm seeking an answer and so, to some, it seems that I'm being combative, when I'm really just searching for an answer; and that has held me in bad stead." --- This really speaks to me; it really does a, no pun-intended, justice to hear someone like Justice Sotomayor reflect on her style of examining argument. It's a battle I personally have to confront when trying to remain true in principle in arguments that I am similarly involved in (though nothing constitutional yet!).
Justice Thomas's laugh is great. Also, what is with the mediator using first names like she's just talking to her friends?
See I love this kind of stuff because, try as I may not, sometimes I read or hear an opinion and think the Justice is being especially harsh or brutal I forget to remember I do exactly what Justice Sotomayer does where I get so deep into thought with an argument or thought that I come off very cold and it does bother me to a degree. My mentor is the same way and she hadn't realized how common it was in really intelligent people!
A little pretentious of the moderator to be calling these justices by their first names. I mean after all they have reached the pinnacle of their professions.
I definitely agree, but at the same time, I think they did a great job of making the entire seminar so close to the audience. Even by the smallest details, as you mentioned, calling them by their first name, it really gives them a more humanizing character than most people would think--I would consider that the justices themselves enjoyed it that way because it allows the audience to really understand them as people, rather than the justices of the highest court of the land. Besides, they're not wearing their black robes hearing a trial. They're here to participate in the Yale Law School reunion! They're here to talk about their favorite books, salsa dancing, emails, just regular stuff! :D
At 0:25 she said "we decided to go informal." "We" being the operative word. Also, I would assume the moderator is a professor at Yale, so if her desire was to work in academia she has also reached the pinnacle of her profession.
She knows them personally and she started out the conversation by saying this was going to be informal. I know several US Circuit Court of Appeals judges personally and I use the titles and names interchangeably. It's not these members of our species overnight legally change their names to Justice, Mr. President, General or Judge. Informality is a damn good thing occasionally.
Yeah, I know my Congressmen. I've known him since before he wanted to be in Congress and it is a bit weird. At his office or on election night I call him Congressmen and in official correspondence but I mean if I'm at a BBQ hanging with the family first name or Mister works! That said I do tend to error on the side of too formal to the point that two very very close family friends with Doctorates told me to never call them Doctor. What I find interesting is people with ONLY a JD who do not do academia wanting to be called Doctor or even like a high school history teacher with a Ph.D. or JD demanding to be called Doctor. We had a few substitute teachers when I was in high school who tried to pull that and since half the kids parents had some type of terminal degree it never flew. Random but do you know any District Court Judges? I've never met a Circuit Judge but many of the ones I admire seem much more academic type and less intimidating!
it seems like they reached an agreement to go "informal" prior to the beginning of the event
I thought that the first name basis was I'll advised. I felt embarrassed by it.
How refreshing that people with a very serious job, also have great senses of humor.
It was such a honor. Thank you again. To sit among the historians of Justice... AMAZING!☺🎊🎉💕
I don't feel the hostess was rude at all. She was respectful and mindful of their position as Supreme Court Justice's and who they are. Moreover, she was comfortable as she sat among her peers, and that is a good thing.☺👏🎊🎉
What an enriching & enchanting conversation
Thomas talked about respect for others' opinions. I think we've reached a point where politics amongst the average person has gotten extremely personal and vicious. I think the internet and especially social media are to blame because it gives people an anonymous outlet to be outrageous that is then amplified and consumed by people on echo chamber social media pages. And so we've reached a point where anyone you disagree with becomes the extreme on the opposite end of your worldview. So you can't just disagree with someone on something like taxes, even though difference in tax rates between Obama era and Trump are negligible for like 95% of people, the discussions turn into finger pointing where the other side are being called white supremacists, communists, nazis, snowflakes, etc., just for disagreeing. The behavior of politicians at debates and on TV is just a reaction to that, because if that's how we are then that's how the politicians are going to act as well.
The rhetoric and propaganda on all sides have gotten too extreme. That is to blame.
1:24:00 dont compete your whole life. & dont confuse that, even when done successfully, as life.
why is this video auto playing after a spaceship game
To change your life
Happy to know that these three judges studied in university which was built on money earned(taken away) from india....blessings from india
What are you talking about? When did USA took "money away" from India? If anything USA given "money away" too India.
Alito with them one-liners.
27:43 good five-liner here
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Fascinated by the American class system and its elitist institutions. Just like the UK.
I could listen to Clarence laugh all day
Honor to Yale and the Supreme court Justice's!☺💕🎊
I cringed every time she referred to them by their first names. Not showing respect is not the same thing as being informal.
God bless you in abundance.
Tim Berners-Lee.
Mrs Guinsburg was a brilliant mind, a living legend. During her long life, she's been through some hard stuff, but she never played anything down, she never wavered, she told the truth. She stood for human rights.The rights of all the American people. Regardless of who they are. In one word: She stood for justice. I guess that's what our president had in mind when he said truthfully:« She was an amazing woman, whether you agree or not.»th-cam.com/video/24QKYig1prU/w-d-xo.html
I’m sad she died, her character I’m sure she was a lovely woman. But I disagreed with her horribly politically.
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Too much informality these days. The moderator should address them formally, not by their first names.
Terrible moderator. Wow.
Informal discussion genius
@@gbutt3554 Moderator still should have been better, dumbass.
In observation... it is so prolific to know how much reading really does shape our lives. We read more than we 💡 think. Moreover, in reading profusely... How much do we really retain?👀
I love the laughter!🤣 Law is serious, but there should be fun moments to lighten and brighten the atmosphere. Keep that laughter.👏🎊🎉
What an entertaining "program".
Starbucks!☺
Thomas is clearly lying when he says he's happy to be back to Yale. In his autobiography, he states that has bitter feelings towards Yale because he couldn't get hired by law firms due to racist policies, even though he had high grades. He considered his law degree to be worthless.
@@MuhammadAhmed-qh7ut How does he do that?
Obviously Judge Thomas had a change of heart. I think we all have had those moments. The wonderful part is he made it on stage and is very interesting person.
About 43 minutes in, he says he had trouble getting a job after Yale.
Having bitter feeling and at the same time feeling happy to be back at yale is normal feeling...many students feel like that across the world
Wow this is Awesome
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We now have 5 justices who went to Harvard and 4 Justices who went to Yale. (Ginsburg graduated from Columbia but she went to Harvard for the first two years).
Frau Ginsburg... 😶
RIP Ginsberg. Now we have Barett who is a Notre Dame graduate.
But she did graduate Summa Cum Laude (and 1st in class) of 1997 so not all bad :)
It's just her opinions that will hurt the US going forwards.
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smh I have to take notes on this for legal class
This is such an interesting video, I don’t get how you couldn’t enjoy this!
@@voltsgenesis8002 Very peculiar, if anything this should be one of the more enjoyable ones out of the lot.
Most people won’t believe this, but I know how to add without even using a mechanical adding machine, unlike Justice Alito and his dad. That’s probably why Yale didn’t want me, I guess. Just too smart...
Remember when "Supreme Court Justice" used to mean something?
It will remain something unless the Democrats start packing the court to meet their political agenda.
@@lalthangkhuptong9395 The court IS packed by republicans.
@@ImaginaryMdA Packed means "adding new spots", not "filling open and already existing spots".
The Law... The law is likened to 💧 droplets of water... The accumulation of the sum of water drops keep the systems of our infrastructures hydrated with regulation, order and onward evolution.
Whether in private or public... We must transition from isolation to solitude. Isolation is an avoidance of contact. However... solitude is quiet reflections in quiet to lawfully deal with the world.
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Boring jobs but I did readings on law overseas and here too.
Justice Thomas not the smartest judge tbh.
Shame on you
Shame on you. He's far better than your Chief Justice Zondo who failed to hold Glencore accountable
@@ramaemamaema5285 I agree with you on Zondo, also add Mlambo to that equation.
Stanford > Harvard > Yale == Dartmouth
In terms of...? Certainly when it comes to law schools it’s Yale > Harvard > Stanford
how was she able to part of this prestigious institution, she should go back to elementary school and learn how to practice respect and recognize that these three people deserved recognition. I hope that she is not teaching her kids )))))
What's with Thomas's hand in his groin area frequently?
His balls of steel are too heavy.
These folks should have gone to Harvard Law like Barry'O ;)
Yale is a fine school, you ass. It would be more appropriate to mention that the other six justices, (at least at the time), went to Harvard. Now, with Kavanaugh, it's four Yalies to five "Harvardians."
@@Manx123 lmao @ "you ass".
Sotomayor's comments on Dominicans, Cubans and Puerto Ricans was very ill-advised. I was shocked she would tell this story in a public forum.
Juan Diaz it’s alright for liberals to stereotype. Double standards in liberal America.
@@Belvidere696 Well, more than her being a liberal, if that is indeed the case, what she reflected was a total lack of class. You do not, in any public forum, make comments about the abilities--or lack thereof--of any group of people, particularly if you have no facts to prove it other than your own personal experience. I pray this is not how she makes judicial decisions and that she actually considers the evidence. It is scary to think this woman is a justice of the Supreme Court, all politics aside. She has no class.
Juan Diaz Politics is always a part of an activist liberals thinking. They are what they are.
It’s a joke
Juan Diaz Are you completely insane? She was making a joke...about dancing ability. In what world is that outrageous or even vaguely offensive?
Clarence thomas is such a waste of seat. Who the hell doesn't ask questions at the nations highest legal platform for over 10 years.
Kam Man who has a wife who WORKS with the Republican National Committee and doesn’t think it’s a conflict of interest
Oral argument is only about 3% of total correspondance, the rest is done in writing.
@@SamuelKhor-iy3uo facts dont care about their feelings 😂
sfairraid 13 Ginni Thomas works for Trump finding “disloyal” employees. Conflict. Kagan has no such conflict.
sfairraid 13 Ginni Thomas is loyal to Trump, her job is to find Trump Administration people disloyal to Trump. She’s married to Clarence Thomas. She drunk dials Anita Hill. Barrett is loyal to the Federalist Society, which is why she refers to sexual orientation as a lifestyle choice. Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett were chosen not by Trump, but by McConnell and Don McGahn. Trump could care less who is on SCOTUS.
Thomas should not be on the court. It makes it look like our country condones sexual harassment. Ugh
NO proof of that. Just the accusation of someone biased with an agenda, and pushed forward by others who were the same. That is why he was confirmed.
There were two accusers and one was not allowed to testify. There was no FBI investigation because harassment was Condoned by the Senate. What message does that send. They couldn't find anyone better without his baggage?
Shame on you, Racist.
@@chefEmersonWilliams // I wonder what this pos racist would say about Brandon raping women?